Lappet-faced vultures are found throughout Africa. These vultures are among the most solitary and shy of vultures and are therefore usually seen individually or live in pairs although they may gather in larger numbers around a big kill or at water holes. Unlike a number of other African species it doesn't take human refuse and so isn't to be found around human habitation.

This is a large vulture and is about 1.15 meters tall, with a wingspan of 3 meters. The average weight is 14 kilograms.

These large, broad winged vultures are equipped with very large and powerful beaks. Other vultures often rely on Lappet-faced Vultures to open a carcass, they are also able to utilise parts of the body (skin, ligaments and bones) which other raptors can't eat.

In winter both sexes build a large nest of sticks in the top of a thorny tree, open to the sun, away from other species. The nest is lined with grass and fur from carcasses. The birds roost nearby as laying day approaches when one egg is laid. The egg is broad oval, dull white with brown spots and blotches and takes around 53 days to hatch. Both sexes incubate the egg and the first flight of the chick is at 185 days. Life span of these birds can be up to 40 years.

Please can one of you please confirm if this is a lappet faced vulture? The white bar from upper body to wrist joint plus whitish underparts. (If the pic was great then it would be easier - I know I know )